This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.